Trump Administration Closes in on Birth Control Benefit
Advocates for reproductive rights, health, and justice are on high alert after the Trump administration indicated it is close to taking a regulatory ax to Obamacare’s birth control benefit.
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is reviewing an interim final rule, “Coverage Of Certain Preventive Services Under The Affordable Care Act [ACA],” the administration’s budget arm posted this week to reginfo.gov.
“This means that the rule has been drafted by the relevant agencies”—in this case, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)—”and OMB review is the last step before it is published,” according to the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC).
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